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More Than You Know. Closer Than You Think.

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Readily access a unique region that’s home to a wide array of experiences, activities, and amenities in the Southern Finger Lakes.



Easy Access to Virtually Everything.

The Southern Finger Lakes is a rarity. It is where farmland meets urban cores, dirt roads converge with highways, and lakes and rivers bend around hills and mountains.

The intersections of north-south and east-west interstates and thruways not only make moving throughout the region a breeze, but they also allow easy and convenient access to major metropolitan areas in all directions.

The essentials of life – healthcare, education, retail, entertainment, employment opportunities, and community – are all close by, either walkable or just a short car ride away. It is difficult to imagine where else one can choose to live with so much available right outside the door.

Fly ELM – Small Enough to be Hometown, Big Enough to be Worldwide.

Access national and international destinations with ease and convenience from the Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM). Imagine an airport experience with ample parking, shorter check-in times, less congestion, fewer delays, and more comfortable lounge areas – that is the reality with ELM. Serviced by major carriers including Delta Airlines and Allegiant Airlines, ELM is the choice for easy and hassle-free business and leisure air travel.

Amenities. Amenities. Amenities.

Outdoor adventuring, world-class museums and cultural institutions, waterfront living, shopping, dining, award-winning wineries, breweries and distilleries are just a sampling of the lifestyle amenities available for residents of the Southern Finger Lakes year round. Wake up each day and decide what experiences you want to have, knowing they are all well within reach and close to home.


The Clemens Center, Elmira, NY


Explore a sampling of all the Southern Finger Lakes has to offer.

Destination Experiences

As a major northeastern U.S. vacation destination, the Southern Finger Lakes is home to national and international attractions residents have access to all year around.

Highlights
Corning Museum of Glass
Rockwell Museum
Watkins Glen International
Mark Twain Country
Glenn Curtiss Museum
The Clemens Center

Outdoor Adventuring

Hiking, biking, kayaking, sailing, waterskiiing, tubing, sailplane gliding, fishing, snowshoeing, cross country skiing – the outdoor opportunities for living an active and adventurous life are endless.

Highlights
Watkins Glen State Park
Finger Lakes Trail
Tanglewood Nature Center
Keuka Lake
Seneca Lake

Restaurants and Retail

Farm to table, fine dining, neighborhood staples and national chains, the dining experiences available here run the gamut. The range of retail stores is just as vast. Main street to big boxes and malls, the region reflects it all.

Highlights
Gaffer District in Corning
Downtown Elmira
Explore Watkins Glen Restaurants
Hammondsport Places to Eat

Wineries, Distilleries, Breweries and Cideries

This region is known as one of the best cooler climate wine regions in the country. In addition, craft breweries and distilleries are making a name for themselves here as well.

Highlights
Seneca Lakes Wine Trail
Keuka Lake Wine Trail
Wineries
Breweries, Distilleries, Cideries


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The Southern Finger Lakes is ideally situated for those who want to be in proximity to large metropolitan areas, but live a life made far richer by connecting to nature and community, making a difference in the lives of their neighbors and taking advantage of the opportunity to develop a fulfilling work/life balance that ideally suits who they are.


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